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shakerb
Jul 1, 20231 min read
On a Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds
There will be an author talk and slide show this Thursday, July 6th at 7:00 PM at the Old Town Hall, 9 Main St, West Stockbridge.
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shakerb
Aug 24, 20221 min read
Banned Books Week September 18-24, 2022
Yep, we still have to celebrate Banned Books Week, and more so than ever. Books and the right to read are under attack in schools and...
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shakerb
Aug 24, 20221 min read
New Perspective(s) on David Bowie
Taschen has done it again. Stop on by to see the famed publisher's new photography book on the late Mick Rock's many years capturing...
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shakerb
Aug 19, 20211 min read
Visitor on the River
Thanks to our neighbors Brian and Amy Butterworth for catching this nature moment on the Williams River behind the store. We've had many...
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shakerb
Sep 30, 20202 min read
Banned Books Week, September 27th-October 3rd
by Kelt Wilska Despite the ever-changing expectations and guidelines around COVID-19 and the reopening of our schools, here’s one thing...
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shakerb
Jul 31, 20202 min read
Pulp Nonfiction
by Kelt Wilska The history of paper is an endlessly fascinating wormhole that can doom a short-form journalist to overstuffing. For...
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Shaker Mill Books
Jul 6, 20202 min read
Pandemic Prose
by Kelt Wilska During the present COVID-19 pandemic, Shaker Mill Books has noticed a surge in interest for a most surprising genre:...
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Shaker Mill Books
Jul 6, 20202 min read
This Project Is for the Birds
by Kelt Wilska On one of your drives through town last month, did you happen to notice someone on a ladder climbing the pond-facing side...
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shakerb
Apr 1, 20202 min read
What's in a Name?
Say you’re a bookseller hunting for rare titles in a dusty Berkshire attic. Creased paperback beach read: dollar section. Hardcover bestsell
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shakerb
Mar 1, 20203 min read
Josh Billings, Berkshire Funnyman
If you asked a Berkshire native who Josh Billings was, odds are that they would respond with, “You mean the race?” After all, the eponymous
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shakerb
Sep 29, 20191 min read
Fall in the Mill
David Bailey has arrived. Come check him out.
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